Examiner Renee Robinson

Grant ratio: 67.9% (53rd percentile in Art Unit 1772 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.98. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 67.9%
Average office actions / grant 1.98
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
85832
Primary art unit
1772
Work group
1770
Technology center
1700
Applications
1,091
Granted applications
741
Examiner phone
(571) 270-7371
Supervisor
In Suk Bullock
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-5954

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 24 51.5% 1.77
Group 179 50.3% 1.94
Tech Center 1,816 43.3% 2.14
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.91 2,086 office actions across 1,091 applications
Applications with office actions 98.9% 1,079 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 12 1.1%
1 OA 496 45.5%
2 OAs 359 32.9%
3 OAs 115 10.5%
4 OAs 63 5.8%
5+ OAs 46 4.2%

Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 100.0% 2008 2009: 60.7% 2009 2010: 67.9% 2010 2011: 66.2% 2011 2012: 80.9% 2012 2013: 65.6% 2013 2014: 79.1% 2014 2015: 63.4% 2015 2016: 55.3% 2016 2017: 70.1% 2017 2018: 69.4% 2018 2019: 82.8% 2019 2020: 79.2% 2020 2021: 85.1% 2021 2022: 86.7% 2022 2023: 78.0% 2023 2024: 81.3% 2024 2025: 38.1% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200822100.0%
2009613760.7%
2010533667.9%
2011714766.2%
2012473880.9%
2013614065.6%
2014675379.1%
2015412663.4%
2016472655.3%
2017674770.1%
2018624369.4%
2019584882.8%
2020776179.2%
2021746385.1%
2022605286.7%
2023594678.0%
2024645281.3%
2025632438.1%
20265700.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 1,079 0.6% 2.5% 60.8% 19.4%
Action 2 583 0.2% 1.9% 72.4% 12.9%
Action 3 224 0.0% 2.2% 79.5% 7.6%
Action 4 109 0.0% 0.9% 79.8% 5.5%
Action 5 46 0.0% 4.3% 82.6% 8.7%
Action 6 22 0.0% 4.5% 86.4% 9.1%
Action 7 8 0.0% 12.5% 75.0% 12.5%
Action 8 5 0.0% 0.0% 60.0% 20.0%
Action 9 3 0.0% 0.0% 66.7% 0.0%
Action 10 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 1.0% 3 of 296 office actions
All years 0.4% 8 of 2,086 office actions
Change +0.6 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
2.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2.2%
2024: AI examples
0.9%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 15. Merits outcomes: 10 affirmed, 3 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
13.3% 2/15 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
33.3% 5/15 decisions
Median appeal duration
20.0 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Sep. 23, 2019 14/748,950 Affirmed §102 · §103
Aug. 24, 2017 13/447,957 Reversed §102 · §103
Sep. 12, 2016 12/616,547 Affirmed §103
Mar. 9, 2016 11/947,143 Affirmed §103
Feb. 12, 2016 13/008,615 Affirmed New ground of rejection N/A
Nov. 16, 2015 12/509,252 Affirmed in part N/A
Apr. 16, 2015 12/096,299 Affirmed §103
Feb. 26, 2015 12/058,091 Reversed N/A
Sep. 4, 2014 12/761,252 Affirmed in part §103
Aug. 5, 2013 11/548,473 Affirmed N/A
Apr. 30, 2013 11/960,084 Affirmed in part N/A
Apr. 22, 2013 11/601,401 Affirmed N/A

The examiner match uses the last recorded office action before the decision. Reversal rates exclude rehearings, remands, dismissals, and other decisions that did not reach the merits. Data through Oct. 30, 2026.

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